overseas, secretary of state john kerry meeting with afghanistan's president hamid karzai and the headline -- the washington times reporting on their front page that background checks have soared since the newtown, connecticut shooting. the new york post has the story, along with other stories -- nra robocalling has been happening in the city of newtown, connecticut. it goes on -- will be making his first public speech this week, actually today. "the new york times" -- this is a story that broke yesterday. michele bachmann, a republican from minnesota, a presidential campaign is being investigated by the congressional ethics committee. that is a story that broke yesterday here on abc's web site. we will but to date in washington, d.c., a republican caller. what is your take on the same- sex marriage cases at a court? caller: i wanted to address the last caller and used the word republicans. i myself am a pretty staunch conservative in most aspects. i find that i have no objection to the marriage at all. i totally disagree with people that make the widespread statement of republicans do thi